In front of a huge column of fire, Freddy extended his arms and exclaimed: "You are all my children now!" Lisa""s father aimed his shotgun at Freddy, but his first shot missed - and Lisa pushed down the gun barrel to save Jesse from being killed with the second shot.A distinguished gentleman, presumably ""Lester Townsend"", enters [the man is actually Philip Vandamm (James Mason), a foreign spy dealing in American secrets who has briefly taken over the home of Townsend, a UN diplomat]." His match ignites in front of her and he accepts her dare: "Is that a dare?...All right.I""ll take it.You know, I like good stuff.Maybe his is my lucky day."Wally drives both of them to the beach house - at the door, he pauses nervously: "How about your husband? Is he, uh, being broad-minded all of a sudden?" She confidently recognizes his smooth-talking demeanor: "You can talk your way out of anything, can""t you?" As they enter the dimly-lit interior and proceed down a spiral staircase to the den/bar area, Mildred turns on a few of the lights and avoids the living room where her husband Monte Beragon""s body is sprawled on the floor.[Note: She was finally ""rescued"" or recaptured by Texas Rangers about 25 years later in the Battle of Pease River in late 1860, after living as the Comanche wife of warrior Peta Nocona and the mother of three Native-American children (two sons and a daughter).